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EVERYBODY'S 
ASTROLOGY 

BY 

MAGNUS JENSEN 



Psychology or Astrology — Which ? 

Sun and Ruing Sign Readings 

Table of itising Signs 

Correct Map of Standard Time 
Sections 

Principle Illustrated by Author's 
Nativity 

"Accidental Coincidences" 
and How to Foil them 



Issued from 

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"There is no new thing under the sun," 
but to many the oldest idea is a new idea, 
therefore : 

Open wide your mind's windows — ven- 
tilate as you would your sleeping room 
and your shop or office. Let out the stag- 
nant ideas that clog the mind ; let in the 
breeze, the fresh sun and salt laden air 
from the universal mind-sea, the young, 
healthy, strong, fearless, free thought, 
vibrant with conscious cosmic intel- 
ligence. 



EVERYBODY'S 
ASTROLOGY 



BY 

MAGNUS JENSEN 



Libra Cabin 

camino, calif. 

1922 



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Copyright, 1922 

by 
Magnus Jensen 



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ASTROLOGY OR PSYCHOLOGY— 
WHICH? 

Astrology should be investigated because it prom- 
ises to solve many human problems, collective and 
individual, which cannot be solved by any other 
known means. 

Questions arise as to whether astrology in its pres- 
ent form of praxis, or at least in its essential possi- 
bilities, is a true scientific means of solving any 
problems. What reasons have we for believing in 
astrology? Is it not true what we read in the encyclo- 
paedias, that astrology died with Copernicus' dis- 
covery, which established the sun as the center of 
our solar system? And then, supposing astrology is 
true, what good is it to know what "fate" has in store 
for us? These are the principle questions which 
earnest inquirers will ask. 

When I became interested in the subject nearly 
twenty-two years ago I simply picked up the thing 
as I found it, looked it over, tested it by experiments 
and was convinced. This has probably been the 
method of inquiry employed by most others who have 
become its devotees. A direct and simple way of find- 
ing out if the pudding is eatable, but not always 
the most pleasant way for an epicure. 



Everybody's Astrology 

The reader will have observed how all things, big 
and small, throughout nature, all operate on the same 
principle. Life in the great cell which we call our 
solar system, appears to live by the same law of 
revolution as the blood in our bodies, and as the 
atoms which compose it revolve in the greater cell, 
the molecule, at distances apart comparatively as 
great as the distances of the planets from each other. 
Modern science tells us that the electrons which com- 
pose the atom are not matter at all, but thought waves 
forming angles. All this motion and revolution be- 
come vibration and as it rises on the vibratory scale 
it becomes one color or another, one matter or another, 
in harmony or discord with other matter on a differ- 
ent scale of vibration. It forms laws of attraction, 
repulsion, joy and pain. We say it is life. Science 
tells us there is only One Life. Will those who pro- 
fess to believe, as well as those who profess to dis- 
believe, if such there be, that the universe is one verse 
please explain how the conceited little pigmy atom, 
man, ever got it into his head that he is un-influenced, 
free and independent of the laws of the great mole- 
cule of which he is a part? 

A psychologist, en route, made his introductory 
address to 2000 people at the Scottish Rite Audi- 
torium, San Francisco, in the spring of 192 1. The 
doctor made many statements, mostly very good and 



Astrology or Psychology? 

very true. There were of course some with which the 
writer didn't quite agree, but which may nevertheless 
be true; however, there were a few statements made 
which positively did not match with the true state- 
ments. I have singled out one of these, the most im- 
portant one, because it concerns my science. I have 
also singled out two of the doctors' good and true 
statements, also very important ones, because they 
are astrological maxims. I have placed them in 
contra-position, so that the very inconsistency of the 
contradiction may ignite and illumine the page : 

"Astrology is not true." "God is omnipresent. " 

"The universe is one." 

The doctor did not use the exact words, "astrology 
is not true," he said: "The planets have no more in- 
fluence over your lives than the creases in your 
trousers," which voluble levity I am rendering in 
direct English. The doctor made the statement at his 
opening address, without waiting for invitation or 
question. 

While some of us are more or less fixed in our ideas 
and adher firmly to the thoughts which we have be- 
come accustomed to think, there are also those of us 
who are changeable and readily adopt the new, which 
we at once embrace with vigor and enthusiasm until 
the next exciting idea comes along. Advocates of the 



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new ideas belong naturally to the cardinal (active) 
signs- They are born with the sun, the ascend- 
ant and most planets in cardinal signs, hence they 
become leaders. It is therefore natural that these 
advocates should walk rough-shoed over other and 
older ideas in their struggle to gain recognition for 
their own. A knowledge of this principle alone would 
make for self-knowledge and tend to make us 
broader and more tolerant. 

Astrology, being older than history, has suffered 
repeated attacks from every upspringing idea 
throughout the ages. It is still with us and persistently 
gaining new ground after each rebuff. It is consist- 
ently expected that as our solar system is entering 
the sign of "the Man" (the humane, broad, scientific 
Aquarius) that astrology shall gain universal recog- 
nition — when calm and earnest students of a dispas- 
sionate science may well think it beneath their 
dignity to give cognizance to flippant utterances of 
superficial opponents. 

If "God" means anything at all in the language 
of a doctor of philosophy, it may well be supposed 
to mean the Universal Mind, the thought behind 
matter, or that in which and by which everything is. 
Being also an "image" I have a few suggestions to 
offer on the subject: I swing my arms around — it 
influences every cell in my body. I think : I shall go 

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out for a walk — I start to move my legs and soon 
every cell, or minor universe of which I am the 
"God" are influenced by my thought in motion. Now, 
I am a universe, am I not? Then suppose the great 
Universal Mind, the all-God, moves his giant arm 
(if so I may express it) Jupiter to a trine aspect of 
collosal Sun. Has that so surely no crystallizing effect 
through the first breath of the new-born? A trine 
aspect is an angle, or distance apart, of 120 degrees. 
Crystallizing angles are called aspects and are 
based on the pyramid and the cube. They are meas- 
ured upon the lines of the equator and the ecliptic. 
Water will crystallize perfect angles of 120 degrees, 
will it not? Is it so sure that a crystal formation 
means nothing to the myriad of lives in the little 
universe, the waterdrop? These queries seem to me 
quite related. Can intelligent people afford to scoff 
at the idea of planetary influences without giving it 
a fair test ? 

What is the medium through which we may sup- 
pose an effect from a planetary aspect ? I would sug- 
gest — vibration. There is no limit to vibration. If it 
has a limit it exists only in our knowledge, not in 
Nature. 

Before offering the reader any more speculative 
suggestions it will be necessary to clear the ground 
of a nauseating rubbish heaped up by our opponents. 



Everybody's Astrology 

It is really not worth the reader's attention unless he 
has admitted the silly nonsense of encyclopaedic 
writers to a place in his mind. I will be as brief as 
possible : 

" Copernicus discovered that the sun, and not the 
earth, was the center of our universe, so the Helio- 
centric system (sun in center) was established. The 
old Geocentric system (earth in center) with its 
superstition, astrology, died." 

I hope to make it plain to the reader in a few 
words, that this view of the matter is bluntly wrong, 
if not indeed wilfully deceiving. When the ancient 
astrologers calculated eclipses they did so by the 
geocentric (earth in center) system, and their pre- 
dictions were very nearly as exact by their crude 
means as are the moderns with their superior methods 
and instruments. There need be no doubt about the 
truth of this statement, for there are sufficient histori- 
cal records to prove it. Now, how can this be true if 
Copernicus really did murder the geocentric system? 
The fact is simply this, that the astronomers of today 
are using the very same geocentric system in calcu- 
lating eclipses. Also, they are using the very same 
geocentric system throughout the entire field of nauti- 
cal astronomy, for how otherwise could the navigator 
make use of the astronomer's tables ? He is not sail- 
ing on the sun, is he? The notion is really too silly 

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for mention. I trust I do not offend the reader's 
intelligence by assuming that he might possibly with- 
out thinking much about it have been deceived into 
believing such nonsense. Plainly, astrology, like 
navigation, depends on relative positions. 

Pythagoras and his disciples taught that the sun 
was the planetary center and that the earth and the 
planets revolved around the sun, and yet a modern 
is given full credit for discovering an idea that was 
entertained 2000 years before him. Same as Darwin 
is looked upon as the father of evolution, while evo- 
lution was one of the fundamental teachings of the 
Veda bards, the Aryan philosophers of the earliest 
historic civilization. 

John Kepler, universally regarded as one of the 
greatest of astronomers, said: "A most unfailing ex- 
perience of the excitement of sub-lunary natures by 
the conjunctions and aspects of the planets has in- 
structed and compelled my unwilling belief." 

Richard A. Proctor, of modern esteem, said: "We 
refuse to examine into astrology." Yet a most active 
opponent. His voluble railings, anonymous and 
otherwise, permeate the astronomical literature. 
Alfred J. Pearce in his textbook quotes from an 
article in the Cornhill Magazine for July, 1877, 
"The planet of Wa*v" supposedly written by Mr. 
Proctor: . . . "But if Mars were in truth the 



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Planet of War, if his influence poured from near at 
hand upon the nations of the earth, excited them to 
war and bloodshed, we might well fear that the com- 
ing months would bring desolation on many terres- 
trial fields. Moreover, twice during his time of 
greatest splendour his rays will be closely conjoined 
with those of the malignant planet Saturn.' ' 

Mr. Pearce comments as follows: "At the time the 
foregoing paragraph was written, the writer shared 
the belief of the Russian commanders that the cru- 
sade against Turkey would be but a military prom- 
enade, and would be ended in a few weeks. The fear- 
ful holocaust of victims to the unsuccessful attempts 
to take Plevna by storm (the sacrifice of life being 
greater than any known for centuries past) attested 
the power of Mars and the validity of his right to be 
called "The Planet of War." That this effect was 
anticipated can be proved by reference to Zadkiel's 
Almanac for 1877. After the contributor to the Corn- 
hill Magazine had exhausted the whole of his inge- 
nuity and recources for arguments against the influ- 
ence of Mars, it was an exceedingly cruel fate to have 
them scattered to the winds by means of the very 
circumstance to which he appealed as a test (Mars' 
nearest approach since 1798). Perhaps the words of 
Longfellow (in his poem addressed to the planet 
Mars) have recurred to his mind: 

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"O star of strength, I see thee stand, 
And smile upon my pain!" 

(Pearce: page 23, vol. 1, old edition.) 

Simon Newcomb, of course, rejected astrology. He 
also wrote a book on the future impossibility of the 
flying machine. 

I once made bold to approach a "great" astronomi- 
cal authority. He gave the following characteristic 
answer: "Modern astronomers do not believe in 
astrology." Later this noted newspaper scribe became 
infatuated with the subject. There was also a lady of 
charms in the astrological society. Alas! like the 
morning star — but to be as brief: astrology was 
promptly declared taboo and all astrologers consigned 
to the rack by the morose savant. Emerging from the 
repair shop for cracked brains, the professor claimed 
he had discovered what St. Matthew says no man 
shall ever know, except by the signs and events — the 
day when the sun comes into "the Man-" But he re- 
fused to give his discovery to the world for fear that 
astrologers might learn the secret whereby to cast a 
correct horoscope- Bless his chilled heart, the "pre- 
cession" of the equinoxes does not affect the casting 
of the horoscope at all and but triflingly subsequent 
calculations. We are not reckoning by constellations, 
but by the signs. Our mundane equation base is the 
equator. The ecliptic intersects the equator at the same 

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two points now as ever and forever. The division of 
the equator into 12 houses and that of the ecliptic 
into 12 signs are according to crystallization laws, 
same as the aspects. The "precession" is along the 
ecliptic. It is a receding motion of our sun and planet 
family at the rate of 30° or one sign, per 2160 years. 
Selah. 

Camille Flammarion, a former opponent, declared 
recently: "Astrology is a science worthy of notice to 
say the least." 

John Flamsteed, the first astronomer Royal of 
England, gave this, the truest verdict of any critic 
that I have read of: "I found astrology to give in 
general strong conjectural hints, not perfect declara- 
tions." 

Now, to return to the psychologist: He is a most 
interesting person, and his argument, which I will 
come to shortly, is the most ingenious one ever 
launched by any opponent. I heard him later in Oak- 
land. He was giving a course in vocational guidance 
to some 800 students. Six evenings for twenty-five 
dollars per head. And here, to my surprise, the whole 
evening was given to the reading and demonstration 
of Frank Theodore Allen's "Birthday Key," a tiny 
astrological leaflet, which my friend Allen had sent 
me many years ago. This was an exact reprint by 
"The Mastery Press." And then I realized what it 

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means to be a great psychologist: 800 students at 
$25.00 each, one evening of which course would net 
about $3000 — and for an astrological sun reading! 
I have too much sympathy for my own kin to want 
to see an obscure astrologer try a stunt like that. And 
now I know I have got the reader guessing: "Well, 
then the doctor believes in astrology after all?" Not 
so. He believes in the influence of the sun via the 
subconscious mind, that is to say: "Man partook of 
certain foods at certain seasons of the year. This gave 
to certain children certain characteristics, which when 
recorded were mistakingly attributed to the astrologi- 
cal influence of the sun, and the recording so sug- 
gested itself to the subconscious mind of the race, 
that children ever since have continued to be born 
with the characteristics of their sun signs." 

I concede gladly that in a superficial degree the 
doctor's argument is true. There has been, to my 
knowledge, only one other contra argument made that 
had in it a superficial degree of truth. This other was 
made by Camille Flammarion, our former opponent, 
many years ago. Obviously to astrological students, 
however, the doctor's explanation has much wanting; 
for there are many factors besides the sun, that are in 
many instances far more demonstrable of their in- 
fluence than the sun sign. Certainly these cannot be 
explained away by the same psychological process as 

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feeding — recording — suggestion to the subconscious, 
since they have not been popularly known either in 
ancient or modern times, for instance, the rising sign. 
It is a common observation among astrologers that 
as the sun's place by sign gives the keynote to the 
individual or latent nature, or what psychologists 
call the "unconscious" or "subconscious" mind, 
so the rising, or ascending, sign gives the keynote 
to the personality, or expressed nature of the individ- 
ual, or "conscious mind" in psychology. 

The argument is well calculated to enhance the 
power of suggestion in the minds of the doctor's 
superficial listeners, on the principle that every little 
bit that is taken from Peter and given to Paul will 
give Paul just a little bit more. 

Another argument made by the doctor to the effect 
that events will transpire, both as to time and nature, 
because of suggestion to the subconscious, does not 
accord with the results of mathematical investigation, 
which prove that events of the past are in evidence 
about as promptly as are those of the future. Yet, 
also in this there is a tiny superficial truth and a 
lesson for those who would under-rate or ignore the 
power of suggestion. 

Whatever may be said in an attempt to prove that 
the conditions of life are the net results of suggestions 
from our subconscious and conscious, our ancestors 

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and present surroundings, cannot in the least render 
unprofitable the study and praxis of astrology; on the 
contrary, psychologists would be especially benefitted 
by knowing upon a mathematical bases, where and 
when to apply their suggestive powers. 

It has long been my regret that neither of the many 
elaborated and expensive text-books on the astrologi- 
cal market do present a fairly plausible hypothesis 
on the modus operandi, and it is an equally welcome 
and elucidating idea which thus occurs to my mind, 
this, that our earth may have a subconscious mind 
of its own, which by some process wholly psychologi- 
cal in nature may influence and be influenced by and 
merge into that of the other planets, sun and moon 
included and even the distant stars. Perhaps in the 
last analysis, after having passed through the initial 
quack stages of self-importance, psychologists will 
not regard astrology as un-psychological, when they 
may wisely follow the precedent of other religio- 
science cults, of which I wish to mention the Her- 
metists only, and whose doctrines are inseparably 
linked to astrology, the science which I should like 
to term : Cosmic Psychology. 



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READINGS OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 




The four triangles within the zodiacal circle indi- 
cate the four "triplicities," viz: the fiery, the earthy, 
the airy and the watery. The fire signs are (follow 
the triangle) Aries, Leo and Sagittarius; the earth 
signs, Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn; the air signs, 
Gemini, Libra and Aquarius; the water signs, Can- 
cer, Scorpio and Pisces. Those are the elementary na- 
tures of the signs. 

The three squares indicate the constitutional na- 
tures thus: The cardinal signs (also termed movable, 
or active) Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn; the 
fixed signs, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius; the 
common (or mutable) signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagit- 
tarius and Pisces. 

These elements are an index to the sign readings, 
same as the horoscope is an index to a life reading. 

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Sign Readings 

Aries, T , the Ram: March 21 to April 20. 

Quick and daring in thought and action, lively 
and energetic. Impulsive, enthusiastic, self-assertive 
and aggressive. Venturesome, resistful of control. 
Very determined. Excitable, and fiery in temper. 

When ascending (in addition to the above) the 
body is generally lean, but strong and enduring and 
of average height with wiry brown or reddish hair, 
light complexion. A broad forehead and pointed 
chin. A keen eye. A brisk lively gait. Liable to hurts 
about the head and face, and loss of hair. 

Taurus, 8 , the Bull: April 20 to May 21. 

Determined, patient, slow, plodding, thorough, 
methodical and practical. Reserved, firm and un- 
changeable. Slow to anger but furious when angered. 
Great vitality and endurance. Fond of good eating, 
especially rich foods, ease and comfort. 

When ascending, the body is generally stout and 
rather below the average height. A round thick neck 
and round face. Dark hair. Eyes dark, large and 
pensive. A measured, decisive step. Liable to throat 
afflictions. 

If born about May 19, especially if close to sunrise 
the eyesight is afflicted. 

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Gemini, n, the Twins: May 21 to June 22. 

Very adaptable and versatile. Kind, congenial, 
tactful and inoffensive. Great readers and talkers. 
Inquiring. Quick witted, and quick to learn. Change- 
able, restless, and dislikes to be alone. 

When ascending, the body is straight and generally 
slender and rather tall. Dark hair and brown eyes. 
Long arms and hands that are always busy with 
something. In short, Gemini persons are exception- 
ally expressive in hands, feet, eyes and tongue. Well 
shaped forehead, oval face. Liable to hurts about the 
arms and shoulders. 



Cancer, S>, the Crab: June 22 to July 23. 

Very tenacious and very prudent. Receptive, sensi- 
tive, sympathetic, shy and reserved. Strongly attached 
to home. Morbidly introspective. Fond of history and 
tradition. Often collecting antiques and curiosities. 
Intuitive. Negative and mediumistic. 

When ascending, gives a body of medium height, 
weak and unproportionate, a large upper body and 
slender limbs. Hair brown, complexion sandy or pale, 
and blue eyes. A round face. Crablike manners and 
a graceless gait. Liable to digestive troubles. 

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Leo, SI, the Lion ; July 23 to August 23. 

Forceful, magnetic, generous, and impulsive. 
Strong and ardent love natures. Moved through the 
heart rather than through reason. Commanding, reso- 
lute, courageous and high spirited. Sometimes boast- 
fully asserting his superiority. A staunch friend and 
a noble enemy. 

When ascending, the body is usually large, well 
built and of a stately carriage. Ruddy complexion, 
light brown or golden hair and blue or gray eyes. A 
sonorous voice, and elastic step. Liable to hurts to the 
back. 

The days about July 28 and August 18 give weak 
eyes, especially when born close to sunrise. 

Virgo, TTg, the Virgin: August 23 to September 23. 

Critical and discriminating. Fastidious about food. 
Alert, inquisitive, ingenious, studious, industrious 
and smart. Neat and orderly. Fond of the artistic. 
Apt in the languages and elocution. Good business 
abilities. 

When ascending, the body is rather short. The face 
appears triangular, the forehead being broad and 
well formed. Dark brown hair, brown or gray eyes 
and a sallow complexion. Somewhat jerky movements 
in walking. Liable to stomach troubles. 

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Libra, ===, the Balance: September 23 to October 23. 

Intuitive, perceptive, impartial, just and harmon- 
ious. Amiable and diplomatic. Comparing and rea- 
soning. Artistic aptitude. Loves music, singing and 
dancing. Changeable, and moody and somewhat 
fickle. Light and suave. Inclined to build castles in 
the air. Easily disturbed like the balance. 

When ascending, the body is generally above med- 
ium height, in youth slender and growing stout in 
later years. Symetric form and fair complexion. 
Brown or dark hair and blue eyes. Head and face 
of fine proportions. Square faced. Polite and graceful 
deportment. Weak kidneys and the small of the back. 

Scorpio, TTt, the Scorpion: October 23 to Novem- 
ber 22. 

Cunning, secretive, austere and determined. Ardent 
love natures. Self -centered, jealous, resentful, vin- 
dictive and uncompromising. Ever ready with sting- 
ing sarcasm. Industrious, strong willed and self- 
assertive. Silent, subtle, tricky, and surprisingly 
heroic in danger. 

When ascending, the body is large boned and stout, 
strong and robust. Hair and complexion dark. Eyes 
dark, sharp and penetrating. Square face and large 
teeth. Abrupt in manners. Determined steps in walk- 
ing. Liable to troubles with the genitals. 

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Sagittarius, t , the Archer: November 22 to De- 
cember 22. 

Direct and outspoken. Benevolent, hearty "good 
fellows," democratic, unceremonious and very inde- 
pendent. Unconventional, impulsive, sympathetic 
and ever ready to help a good cause along. Given to 
prophecy. Love sport and the outdoor life. 

When ascending, the body is generally tall, of 
athletic build. Dark brown hair and dark eyes, some- 
times gray. An open genial contour. Oval face. A 
carefree carriage. Liable to hurts to hips and thighs. 

The days about November 30 and December 16 
and 19 give weak eyes, especially if birth is close to 
sunrise. 



Capricorn, VS, the Goat: December 22 to Jan- 
uary 20. 

Capricious, suspicious and melancholic. Indus- 
trious, persevering, orderly and systematic. Conven- 
tional, economical, selfish and ever on the alert and 
aspiring for material benefits and positions. Organ- 
izing and managing aptitudes. 

When ascending, the body is weak, but tenacious 
to life. Small stature, ill-formed, dark complexion, 
dark brown or black hair and small dark piercing 
eyes. Thin neck and pointed features. Liable to con- 
sumption, and weak knees, apparent in the walk. 

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Aquarius, £?, the Man: January 20 to February 19. 

Humane, kind and obliging, constant and reliable. 
Retiring, refined, artistic, studious and inventive. 
Quiet, extremely sensitive and subject to psychologi- 
cal conditions and impressions. Natural readers of 
human nature. Lovers of science, literature and art 
and well at home in cultured society. 

When ascending, the body is seldom above me- 
dium, of fine build, round features, rather delicate. 
Sandy or dark flaxen hair. Restful eyes. Calm and 
reflective manners. Liable to injury to the legs. 



Pisces, X, the Fishes: February 19 to March 21. 

Sensitive and very mediumistic. Sympathetic and 
gentle. Negative, shy, timid, loyal and dependent. 
Confiding and trustful. Easily led. Fond of sensa- 
tion and inclined to drift. Lovers of peace, ease and 
security. Habitually live in their feelings. 

When ascending, gives a small stature, fleshy, 
weak and tired. Brown hair and water colored eyes. 
Round face and small teeth. Walks with a waddling 
gait. Frequently troubled with their feet. 

The days about February 27 give weak eyesight, 
especially if born close to sunrise. 



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READING THE CHARACTER FROM 

THE SUN SIGN AND THE 

RISING SIGN 

The first paragraph of the foregoing sign readings 
applies to the sun sign; the whole of the reading 
applies to the ascending sign. The reader is referred 
to the table of ascending signs to be used when the 
birth hour is known. Should date of birth fall within 
three or four days of the date when the sun enters a 
new sign, the individual then partakes of both signs. 
Similarly, though in a much lesser degree, will the 
person partake of two signs should the extreme be- 
ginning or end of a sign be found on the ascendant. 
The person is then said to be born "on the cusp." 
The difference here is however quite readily per- 
ceived, as in the case of twins who are born each on 
the other side of the cusp. 

It will be found that the mental characteristics are 
more in evidence than the bodily. The latter seem 
more subject to modification by hereditary condi- 
tions. 

The popular "Solar Readings" divide humanity 
into twelve groups. By combining the sun sign and 
the ascending sign judiciously (in the manner of an 
astrologer) we obtain 144 groups. That such a combi- 
nation is far superior to the singular sun readings 



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will at once become apparent to the observer. Never- 
theless, nothing better than a general accordance can 
be expected, considering that the sign positions of the 
sun and the ascendant are only two of many factors 
subjected to analysis and synthesis when properly 
delineating character from a horoscope ; but they are 
important factors and the only ones that can be con- 
sidered on this narrow scheme. 

The reader may now proceed as follows: Select 
from among your acquaintances any one who comes 
near to being a type of one of the signs, then get that 
person's birth date. Letting him keep the hour to him- 
self, or meanwhile he may inquire of the parents. 
(The birth hour is roughly known to a majority of 
the younger generation.) Put the middle of the rising 
period of the sign describing the native on a slip of 
paper and, holding your hand over it, request your 
"subject" to announce the hour. I have turned that 
stunt with general success on many occasions. When 
removing my hand I let him gaze at the hour on the 
slip. This never fails to produce an effect upon those 
present. The party himself may be a "hard case" and 
you may have to put up a bet to make him go to the 
trouble of interesting himself in himself. Of course, 
the bet, to be on the square with an honest disbeliever, 
should be one against twelve, since there are twelve 
signs and you are to guess the right one, but he may 

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not understand this (they don't always), and you, 
having the advantage of this much knowledge, can 
afford to be generous with your "victim." You will 
make mistakes, but you can pick types enough to 
come out winner in the long run, and many more 
than are needed for proof. 

In this demonstrative manner I once guessed the 
exact date of a child's death. I was given four months 
to go on, — that means 120 to one. I put down Febru- 
ary 7. The father denied it, saying, "it was in Febru- 
ary, but it was on the 8th.' ' But those that were pres- 
ent gave me full credit for having come surprisingly 
close. The next day the father admitted that my guess 
was absolutely correct, as he recalled having received 
a telegram on the 8th, stating that the child died on 
the 7th, at n p.m., "but," said he, "the stars had 
nothing to do with that, for she died of pneumonia, 
and if she hadn't caught a cold on a certain occasion 
she wouldn't have died, — no, your astrology is all 
bosh!" 

Now, Mr. Psychologist, did I kill that child by 
suggestion ? 

This happened about twenty years ago, when I was 
not able to attempt such fine guesses and had an 
astrologer to help me out. I have made a few guesses 
of more practical value since then, such as are not for 
publicity. 

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Everybody's Astrology 

To illustrate the combination reading with an ex- 
ample: A man is born April 10, at 7 a- m-, Chicago, 
111., before 1883. Referring to the table of rising 
signs, as will be explained, we find his ascendant in 
Taurus. We then have an Aries individual and a 
Taurus person. Aries is active, that is "quick," "im- 
pulsive," "excitable," etc. (see sign reading) while 
Taurus is fixed, or "determined," "slow," "reserved," 
etc. He is also of a fiery-earthy nature (see left-hand 
diagram) . Accordingly we judge our man is inwardly 
active, though his actions, or expressions, would in- 
dicate the reverse. Hence he is a man who will "use 
his head to save his feet, "capable of accomplishing 
much without seeming to be in a hurry. Well adapted 
for city life as he will readily turn its many comforts 
to practical use. If well bred, refined, or repressed, he 
will win his way through diplomacy. If a man of the 
rough and the wild — like unpolished rice, whole 
wheat, or unrefined brown sugar, with the natural, 
active, health producing elements intact — in terms of 
''cosmic psychology" I would say, his latent fires un- 
repressed- — he is then a "bully," yet preferring the 
easy practical way, avoiding, if possible, the exertion 
and discomfort of a fight. Add to this combination 
the possibility of a prominent Mars and beware lest 
he gets "mad." Had he been born two hours earlier, 
he would have been an Aries man in and out — ever 

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Reading the Character 

ready for the fight, a pioneer type with an eye for 
risk and excitement. 

Had the native been a woman, the same individual 
would express through the same person and through 
the feminine sex, which would modify according to 
the additional repression imposed on her by our ethic 
rules and custom. 

People who are born at sunrise are generally the 
easiest read, their sun and ascendant being then in 
the same sign, unless date be near the 21st. Sunrise 
people are the healthiest as are also those born in 
the spring months. Noon people are most successful, 
their sun being elevated, in or near the mid-heaven, 
the house of position, honor and business career. 

If the reader will familiarize himself with the two 
little diagrams, the symbols and order of the signs 
and their relation, one to another, whether in "trine" 
(triangle) meaning harmony, or in "square," mean- 
ing discord, he will soon know more than has taken 
six pages of sign readings to express. It is well to 
memorize the symbols, as they and their names aptly 
express the sign's nature- Notice also that, according 
to their order, the signs relate to the various parts of 
the body, as Aries to the head and Pisces to the feet, 
expressive of "the Grand Man of the cosmos." 



2.7 



TABLE OF ASCENDING SIGNS 

Latitude 40° North 





Dec. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 


Apr. 


May 




31 


31 


28-29 


31 


30 


31 


Sign, 0° 


h. 


m. 


h. 


m. 


h. 


m. 


h. 


m. 


h. 


m. 


h. m. 


Libra 


II 


24 




















Scorpio 


1 


54 


ii 


52 
















Sagittarius. . . 


4 


26 


2 


24 


12 


34 












Capricorn. . . 


6 


48 


4 


46 


2 


56 


12 


54 








Aquarius .... 


8 


43 


6 


41 


4 


51 


2 


49 


12 


51 




Pisces 


10 


09 


8 


08 


6 


17 


4 


16 


2 


18 


12 16 


Aries 


11 


22 


9 
10 


20 
32 


7 
8 


30 
42 


5 
6 


28 
40 


3 
4 


30 
42 


1 28 


Taurus 


12 


34 


2 40 


Gemini 


2 
3 
6 
8 
11 


01 
56 
17 
49 
20 


11 


59 


10 


09 


8 
10 


07 
02 


6 

8 

10 


09 
04 
26 


4 07 


Cancer 


1 
4 
6 
9 


54 
16 
47 
18 


12 
2 

4 
7 


04 
25 

57 
28 


6 03 


Leo 


12 
2 

5 


24 
55 
26 


8 24 






Virgo 


12 
3 


57 
28 


10 56 


Libra 


1 26 


Scorpio 






11 


48 


9 


58 


7 


56 


5 


58 


3 56 


Sagittarius. . . 










12 


30 


10 


28 


8 


30 


6 28 


Capricorn. . . 














12 


50 


10 


52 


8 50 


Aquarius .... 


















12 


47 


10 45 


Pisces 






















12 12 



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Latitude 40° North 



June 
30 



July 
31 



Aug. 
31 



Sept. 
30 



Oct. 
31 



Nov. 
30 



Sign, 0° 

Aries 

Taurus. . . . 
Gemini. . . . 
Cancer. . . . 

Leo 

Virgo 

Libra 

Scorpio 

Sagittarius . . 
Capricorn . 
Aquarius . . 

Pisces 

Aries 

Taurus. . . . 
Gemini. . . . 
Cancer. . . . 

Leo 

Virgo 



h. 

ii 

12 

2 

4 

6 

8 

11 

1 

4 

6 

8 

10 
11 



m. 
30 
42 
09 
04 
26 
58 

— 

58 

30 

52 
47 
14 
25 



h. 



h. 



12 
2 
4 
6 
9 

11 
2 
4 
6 
8 
9 

10 

12 



07 
02 
24 
56 
26 

— 
28 

50 

45 

12 

24 
36 

03 



12 

2 

4 

7 

9_ 
12 

2 

4 

6 

7 

8 

10 
11 



00 
22 
54 
24 
JS5 
26 
48 
43 
10 
22 
34 
01 
56 



12 
2 

5 
7 

12- 
12 

2 

4 
5 
6 
8 
9 

12 



23 

55 
25 
56 

— 
50 

44 

11 

23 

36 

02 

57 

19 



12 
3 

5 
8 

12- 

12 

2 

3 

4 

6 

7 
10 

12 



53 
23 
54 
26 

— 
42 

09 
21 
34 
01 

55 
17 
49 



io 55 

1 25 

3 56 

6 28 

8 50 

10 44 

12 11 



24 
36 
03 

57 



8 19 
10 51 



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THE TABLE OF ASCENDING SIGNS 

This table will apply roughly to anyone born near 
the 40° latitude in the north hemisphere. It gives the 
hour and minute when each sign is rising, that is, 
when it begins to rise and when it gives place to the 
succeeding sign. It is calculated to accord with the 
months half way between the two leap dates in 1920 
and 1924 and therefore in using it for leap years and 
common years alike there will be a general error of 
a couple minutes after 1901 and four or five minutes 
for the latter part of the 19th century. Also, being 
made for the Central standard meridian, it is correct 
for the United States chiefly. At other parts of the 
world there will be an additional error of one minute 
for west Europe and two or three minutes for Asia. 
When the birthplace is north or south of the 40° 
latitude a margin for error of three minutes for every 
degree must be allowed. This, however, only when 
Cancer or Capricorn or their adjacent signs are ris- 
ing. When Aries or Libra or their adjacent signs rise 
allow half that amount. The time given is when each 
sign begins to rise. For example, Aries will rise from 
5:28 to 6:40 a.m. on March 31, and Taurus from 
6 140 to 8 : 07. The hours above the horizontal line are 
before noon and those below it are after noon. They 

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Table of Ascending Signs 

extend from about midnight to the following mid- 
night (civil time). The hours in italics belong to the 
previous or following day. The last day of each 
month is given. To get the time for intermediate 
dates subtract four minutes for each day elapsed 
since the table date or add four minutes for each day 
previous thereto. Taking the nearest date will give 
nearly exact results. 

In this way the table may be used for as high a 
latitude as 45°. Above that the error will increase for 
the signs as mentioned, when an allowance of five 
minutes and more per degree for the Cancer and 
Capricorn signs would render the table often useless. 
Below 40° it may be used more freely as the allow- 
ance for error may be decreased. 

After some experience the reader may be able to 
tell without referring to the table just about what 
sign is rising at a given hour on a given date. For 
example, if birth was in January at noon, Aries or 
Taurus would ascend; if at midnight, the opposite 
signs, Libra or Scorpio would ascend. If birth was 
at sunrise, the sun sign of course would ascend, in 
this case Capricorn or first part of Aquarius; if at 
sunset, the opposite sign, Cancer or first part of Leo, 
would ascend. 



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Map of Standard Time Sections 







TIME AND THE MAP 

The map of the standard time sections in the 
United States is carefully drawn from all the data 
given in "The Pathfinder Railway Guide" and is in 
general agreement with a similar map given in the 
American Section of the Encyclopaedia Britannica in 
an article on horology. 

My next book will be a comprehensive, plain primer, 
which will give full account of time and the stand- 
ards in this and other countries (a sadly neglected 
and bungled matter). Here it will be sufficient to 
mention that on November 18, 1883, the standard 
time system was adopted in the United States. The 
table of ascending signs is calculated on the bases 
of mean time, so the birth hour of a person born since 
the afore mentioned date must first be converted into 
local mean time. This is done by allowing a correc- 
tion of four minutes for every degree east or west of 
any given standard meridian. If west this correction 
is minus, if east, plus. For example, San Francisco 
lies in longitude 122^°, which is 10 minutes in time 
west of 120° (the Pacific standard meridian). So 
when the clocks of San Francisco since 1883 show 
noon, it is then 11 150 a.m. by local mean time. 

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During the war we moved the sun back one hour 
to save on the daylight, so here we have an additional 
correction to apply. From the last Sunday in March 
to the last Sunday in October, 19 18 and 19 19, clocks 
in United States were one hour in advance of regular 
standard time. 

It will be observed that the dividing lines between 
the four time sections do not run straight and midway 
between the standard meridians, as is often assumed. 
For example, the line which divides the Pacific and 
the Mountain sections runs through Hope, Troy, 
Huntington, Ogden, Mojave and Yuma. The dividing 
line between the Mountain and Central sections even 
crosses the Mountain standard meridian at El Paso. 



ANNOUNCEMENT 

The last leaf of this booklet presents a fac-simile 
of a postal card from my teacher, the late Joseph G. 
Dalton, the author of "The Spherical Basis of As- 
trology" and other standard works of unapproached 
calibre. The publishing of that postal card consti- 
tutes my first reply to an unfounded sneer received 
from an eastern publisher in January, 19 14. A com- 
plete answer will appear in due time in the form of 
a new and superior "Spherical Basis." 

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ILLUSTRATION OF PRINCIPLE 







This is my birth horoscope. Hora scopus means in 
English one of two things: Hour pointer or hour 
view. Consequently there can be no such thing as a 
horoscope without the hour as its bases. Fortunately 
my mother distinctly remembered that "the clock 

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struck six in the morning just as I was born." How- 
ever, the correctness of that old time country clock 
she was not so sure of. But the obvious indications of 
the figure erected for 6 o'clock showed that the time 
could not be many minutes wrong. In fact, the two 
most important events in my life, having then trans- 
pired, accorded with their most appropriate primary 
arcs so closely that a correction of less than two 
minutes in the birth hour brought them to time to 
the exact months of their occurrences. These arcs 
were : Ascendant parallel Moon in the zodiac falling 
due at my age of nearly 7, and Meridian conjunct 
Uranus in zodiac and in mundo falling due at my 
age of nearly 18. The first event was my adoption by 
relatives, involving a two days' voyage, mainly by 
water. The other event was the death of my adoptive 
father, which completely changed my career and sent 
me traveling over the world. 

When I became interested in astrology, Uranus 
was just then transiting over the radical place of my 
Venus. Almost invariably astrologers have taken up 
with astrology under some Uranus influence, which 
shows that Uranus has an affinity for astrology. At 
my birth Uranus was rising on a line passing exactly 
over Baltimore, the birthplace of Joseph G. Dalton. 
Mr. Dalton became my private instructor in the 
mathematics of astrology. As I journeyed across that 

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Principle Illustrated 

horizon line for the first time a few years previous, I 
was just then reading some occult literature, also for 
the first time in my life, and which took my interest 
and finally led to an all-absorbing interest in 
astrology. 

The Moon-culminating line of my birth runs over 
the San Francisco Bay and central over Oakland. 
The meridian (or culminating) line of primary 
Moon's body at my age of 30 falls within i° of the 
longitude at which I built my cabin at that age. This 
line runs now slightly on the other side of the cabin, 
and will recede as time goes on. I have been a resident 
of Oakland and later San Francisco and Libra Cabin 
for many years. I seem to have found my location. 
My traveling propensities are satisfied by my going 
back and forth between Libra Cabin and San Fran- 
cisco. 

Of course, the psychologist with his " subconscious" 
on the brain will be muttering: " Suggestion!" As 
the Frenchman would say: It is to laugh. I knew 
nothing about this locality system at the time I built 
my cabin and there is not one among a hundred 
astrologers who may read this and who will not rub 
his eyes over some of these strange terms. In fact, 
it was years after I found my location that I stumbled 
onto the idea during one of my reveries right in this 
cabin. The idea so impressed me that I instantly 

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recorded the time of its conception. Years later I got 
into correspondence with an astrologer of unusual 
calibre, who had developed a complete system upon 
the same idea. Still later I discovered the nucleus to 
that very same idea expressed in a few words in an 
old out-of-print text-book, so there is really "nothing 
new under the sun." 

Again I can hear my psychologist retort: "How do 
you know that your subconscious mind did not solve 
your locality problem ten million years ago while yet 
in your ancestral body of a jelly-fish ?" Of course I 
don't know. 

Among spiritualists there are some, who being 
tutored and controlled by astral disbelievers in as- 
trology, for such intelligences there are also in that 
realm, whether it be inhabited by dispersoned indi- 
viduals or by the mere thought forms of the sub- 
conscious is not for me to say. These people assert 
that when an astrologer makes a successful prediction 
it is because the long and tedious process of calcula- 
tion makes it possible for "the spirits" to inspire the 
astrologer with the true vision of the future. 

With an "ism" or "ology" on the brain we are not 
really arguing in order to eliminate our prejudices 
and retain the golden truth; our object is to make it 
thoroughly known to all concerned that I am right 
and you are wrong. 

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Principle Illustrated 

Many will reject my views, and that is as it should 
be; for as we vibrate differently so must we think 
differently. A few will accept my views, and like a 
seed sown in fertile soil — may it grow. 

There is but little of the radical portents of my 
horoscope that may be of any special interest to my 
readers. The mundane parallel, partile sextile and 
mutual reception of my Mercury and Mars may inter- 
est the student and professional astrologer. This con- 
figuration is quite obvious and on seeing it for the 
first time it instantly arrested my attention. Numbers 
were my hobby already before I could add and sub- 
tract. Consequently my interest in astrology has been 
mostly limited to its mathematical development, 
which is more in line with astronomy. But, unlike un- 
fortunate Mr. Proctor, mathematicians are usually 
poor diviners, while diviners are usually poor 
mathematicians. These two seem to vibrate on a 
different scale, they respond to different sounds of 
the celestial tuning fork. They do not harmonize, 
hence their clashes. And as it takes a natural born 
diviner with long experience to be a good reliable 
astrologer, I shall refrain from passing around the 
astrologer's business card. My natural field of en- 
deavor at present is that of the ideal astrologer's (not 
the regular kind) servant — his "hod carrier." To 
this end am I planning. In a few years hence I shall 

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bring to the market a set of mathematical tables of a 
kind and calibre such as the astrological world of 
today has never dreamed of. 

Several astrologers, on seeing the position of my 
Jupiter have remarked hastily and unobservant of 
my less obviously, but severely afflicted mid-heaven, 
that I ought to be a financier. Nevertheless, Jupiter 
is my "saving grace." I have had many a narrow 
escape, but no more than slight scratches. Am gener- 
ally fortunate in the narrow paths of life and am 
agreed to remain happy with small means. Inasmuch 
as this "Dr. Jekyll" (=£=) has "Mr. Hyde" well hidden 
in a much repressed latent (===TTt) he is still unmar- 
ried, and, his Neptunian prospects being somewhat 
doubtful, he is solemnly warned not to commit it till 
he is old and needs a nurse. 

Some astrologers seem to take pains to hide their 
horoscopes, not only from the public, but even from 
their fellow students. I believe the most valuable in- 
formations are gathered from the study of ones own 
horoscope, and the interested friends who have 
allowed me to delve into their lives are welcome to 
this glance into mine. 

The above brief commentary on a nativity must 
suffice as an example in the solution of some of life's 
problems and as a hint on how astrology may serve 
as a guide to those who wish to live wisely and seek 

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Principle Illustrated 

happiness in their own natural field of endeavor and 
thereby avoid the miseries consequent upon our try- 
ing to do the things that are for someone else to do 
and our trying to be where we do not belong. We have 
a "free will" (so called) only to the extent that there 
is lubricating space in a well running machine. Too 
much play room and the end is near. Mother Nature 
is too wise to give to her children free scope without 
specific individual and personal limitations, so she 
builds around them hour-scopes for their own pro- 
tection. She will not allow foolish man the chance 
privilege to throw monkey wrenches into her ma- 
chinery and therefore, while we are by our latent 
natures urged on to live up to the full of our possi- 
bilities, we are promptly slapped by a kindly paw 
when we attempt to climb the strong walls of limita- 
tion built by her laws of birth. Such is the argument, 
— plain and irrefutable. Do not let any psychologist, 
however great in "gab" and "get" play upon your 
vanity with flattering suggestions that you are "su- 
preme," free and unlimited, for it is barely possible 
that you may believe him and go climbing on to pin- 
nacles not meant for your present needs and from 
which the law of reaction will as surely pull you 
down, and you may suffer a fall from which you will 
be in pains to recover. 



4i 



"ACCIDENTAL COINCIDENCES" 
HOW TO FOIL THEM 

When in a game of cards the four aces "happen" 
to be in one "lucky" hand as if by "accident" it is 
called in scientific language an "accidental coinci- 
dence." 

Those of us who have studied and marveled at 
the work of the Great Architect, wherein we find the 
geometric design in its minutest particles as well as in 
their immense aggregate, we know that in such a 
structure there really can be no room for happenings 
by luck or accident; therefore, and notwithstanding 
its being the cause of deception in our judgment,. we 
reject the word coincidence in its accidental sense, but 
we accept it in its orderly co-related significance. 
Sidus is Latin for a planet or a group of stars. Figura- 
tively it is used in allusion to the influence of the 
stars. If sidus is the root of the word co-in-cidence, 
the word is self defining; when joined to the word 
accidental it becomes as absurd as "common sense," 
"free will," "scare-crow," or delicious mudpie. 

The judgment of sage and fool alike is prompted 
by impulse. We are therefore always prejudiced, pro 
or con, on any disputed question and prone to form 

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"Accidental Coincidences" 

premature opinions. A mathematical method of guid- 
ing and checking the judgment is therefore imperative 
to the investigator. I am about to present an idea, 
which I will illustrate by two simple examples. 

Let us take the supposition that personal character- 
istics coincide in a certain measure with the nature of 
the rising sign at birth. There are 12 signs. I select 
from my audience 12 typical persons who know their 
birth hour. We will suppose that I guess correctly 
only one, failing on n. The result is then termed 
negative. Suppose I hit 8 and miss 4. Any reasonable 
person will accept such result as proof, still I may 
have been just "lucky," it may have been an "acci- 
dental coincidence." But suppose in a long series of 
experiments I hit more than 1, we will say, my aver- 
age score is 2 against 10. This would prove the sup- 
position true, but only in a small degree, or my 
knowledge as very limited. 

Some may protest my right to pick the types and 
insist that I take 12 persons by turn. My reason is 
that there are but few simple types, most are com- 
plex, that is, commixtures of several signs due to the 
planetary combinations, and being able to judge only 
from the effect of the rising sign, therefore I reserve 
the right to pick the types. If there were no truth in 
the supposition it could make no difference whether 
I pick or take by turn. 

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Everybody's Astrology 

For another example, let us take the supposition 
that changes in the weather coincide with the time 
of the new moon. First we must decide on a certain 
locality and on what is to be reckoned as changes. 
We will say there are 28 days in a Lunar month. 
Let us allow 24 hours before and after the exact hour 
of the new moon as a margin for the supposed influ- 
ence to work out a change. This gives 2 days to the 
28, or 1 to 14 as a negative score- Or we may prefer 
to give the influence a working margin of say, 4 days, 
in which case we get 4 to 28, or 1 to 7 as a negative- 
That is to say, any score above the negatives, 1 to 14 
or 1 to 7, whichever we choose, shall determine the 
degree of influence effective upon the weather from 
the one single factor, the new moon. Read the article 
on Weather in Wilson's "Dictionary" and try as sup- 
positions the various moon changes mentioned. Test 
them singly or simultaneously over a period of two 
or four years in your home district. 

These two examples are so simple that everybody 
can understand and work them. Without some such 
method much fine discrimination will be needed to 
eliminate ambiguities and determine the relative 
truth in all questions, simple or complex. By the aid 
of a deck of cards it should be possible to outline a 
checking system in tabular arrangement of double, 
triple and quadruple index, according to the complex- 

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"Accidental Coincidences" 

ity of a given supposition. Meanwhile experimenting 
with the cards will give one a good general insight 
into the nature of the inquiry. 

The lax apprehension of deception from the ever- 
present "accidental coincidences" is what leads the 
credulous to "find within themselves the means of 
believing in a thousand times as much as there is to 
believe in." On the other hand, an exaggerated appre- 
hension of the same thing has lead the incredulous 
to persist in rejecting everything until forced to ac- 
cept. Too frequently our great men of science, and 
educated people generally, exhibit a vain pride in such 
incredulity, as if it were more becoming to the intel- 
lect to be out of balance one way rather than the 
other way. Certainly credulity and incredulity as 
well are both synonyms for an unbalanced judgment. 

It is almost unbelievable that science has no mathe- 
matical system for guiding and checking the judg- 
ment, and yet I know of none, the large inquiring 
world knows of none, and if any exists it is evi- 
dently not in working order, since our worthy teach- 
ers are forever disputing amongst themselves over 
simple, but important life issues, which may be easily 
tested by experiment and final conclusions guarded 
against deception from "accidental coincidences" by 
simple mathematics, 



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CONCLUDING REMARKS 

If the limited introductory message of this booklet 
has fulfilled its obligation and induced a desire for 
further knowledge on the subject, the reader may pro- 
cure an ephemeris of the year of his birth through 
any occult book store. Zadkiel's or Raphael's will do. 
Several occult publishing houses keep them in stock. 
The best books are Pearce's "Text-book ,, and Wil- 
son's "Dictionary." Simmonite's "Arcana" is a 
bungled book of erratic assertions and many mathe- 
matical errors (the table of five place proportional 
logarithms alone has over 40 errors), yet a valuable 
book for real students, is most original and full of 
clever observations, but is not for the beginner. "The 
Language of the Stars" by Burgoyne, the author of 
"The Light of Egypt/' is the best primer. There are 
books galore with astrology on the cover and of mixed 
contents, of doubtful contents and of no contents at 
all. "Heliocentric" too, why not? The worst trash 
"sell like hot cakes" one book dealer says- For the 
reason that the public at large takes but little interest 
in astrology as a science and has no notion whatsoever 
of its vast possibilities, the mass of the cheap and 
popular astrological literature simply caters to idle 
curiosity and thereby contributes to condemn a worthy 
science to ridicule and contempt- 

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See Announcement on page 34 



"To every thing there is a season, 
and a time to every purpose under the 
heaven : 

"A time to be born, and a time to die ; 
a time to plant and a time to pluck up 
that which is planted;" 

A time to write books and a time to 
publish what is written, a time to start 
in business and a time to study, a time 
to travel and a time to marry, a time to 
be the president of the United States and 
a time to saw wood, a time for every- 
thing under the heaven. 

If our farmer was not to some extent 
a practical astrologer, his field would be 
bare and his barn empty. Even his 
rooster goes to roost with the sun and 
crows with the sun. Most men care not 
if it be the sun or a gas jet, as long as 
they can see to read the newspaper. 

If we would apply more astrology to 
our daily lives, this world would be a 
better place to live in. 



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a corresponding decrease in fear and 
anxiety. 



